The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (CIO) announced this week that Barry Tanner will serve as the next deputy CIO. […]

The U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are making waves in maritime technology with their latest venture into small unmanned surface vehicles (sUSVs), partnering with a mix of mid-size, non-traditional, and venture-backed companies to fast-track these advanced vessels from concept to capability. […]

After 30 plus years in public service, one of the Pentagon’s top IT acquisition executives plans to retire from Federal service. […]

Rear Adm. Michael Vernazza has been nominated by President Biden to be the U.S. Navy’s next information boss, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on May 9. […]

The U.S. Navy official in charge of creating improved customer experience (CX) within the military service branch is expecting “big changes” to result from that effort. […]

The Department of the Navy (DoN) announced it swore in Anne Marie Schumann on Monday as the department’s principal cyber advisor (PCA). […]

The U.S. Navy has grown the scope of an ongoing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) pilot program and is putting the pilot through the rigors of testing that one Navy tech executive likened to “throwing rocks” at the program. […]

As the Department of the Navy looks to enable better and faster decisions for warfighters, Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jane Rathbun said the service branch is infusing AI at the edge to improve decision-making. […]

While Federal agencies are awaiting President Biden’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget set for release sometime next month, a senior U.S. Navy official said this week that the service branch’s budget for digital transformation efforts has not been immune from spending pressures that agencies are facing going forward. […]

The Department of Navy on Tuesday released its inaugural Department of the Navy Cyber Strategy, which identifies seven distinct lines of effort to enhance the naval services’ cybersecurity posture and emphasizes cyber as a warfighting domain. […]

Jane Rathbun has been tapped to serve as the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer (CIO) on a more permanent basis, officially dropping the “acting” title as of Oct. 29. […]

As AI capabilities become a daily norm, officials at the Department of the Navy warn of the need to look back at legacy data while simultaneously creating clean data sets for AI tools to defend against foreign adversaries. […]

Jane Rathbun, acting chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Navy, hailed the service branch’s progress toward zero trust security principles through its Flank Speed technology effort during an Oct. 13 address at AFCEA NOVA’s Naval IT event coinciding with the 248th anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s founding. […]

The Department of the Navy has recently announced the creation of the Disruptive Capabilities Office (DCO), which will work to develop warfighter’s technological capabilities in an ever-rapidly evolving technological world. […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division has awarded a $383 million training support services contract to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to help support the U.S. Navy’s ability to train warfighters to employ surface combat systems. […]

Department of the Navy Acting Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Don Yeske will be leaving that post next month to take on a new position over at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). His last day at the Navy will be June 16. […]

The Department of the Navy’s chief data officer (CDO) said this week that his office’s number one priority is shifting the way Navy employees think about data. […]

The U.S. Navy’s new top tech official said today that she is looking at continuing to boost the service branch’s infrastructure and communications technology abilities, and pressing ahead with cybersecurity improvements as among her top agenda items. […]

The Department of the Navy has seen the fruition of operating in a hybrid work environment in the post-pandemic era and continues to deploy more hybrid environment capabilities. But in a hybrid environment, the service branch needs to be laser-focused on information security, according to a senior department official. […]

The Department of the Navy has awarded a five-year contract worth nearly $724 million to Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will provide the Navy with access to AWS’s commercial cloud environment, AWS Professional Services, and AWS training and certification courses. […]

The United States can learn important cybersecurity lessons from Ukraine in its war with Russia, a conflict that has not come close to revealing Russia’s full cyber warfare capabilities, a top U.S. Navy cyber official said on Dec. 14. […]

Capt. Kathleen Powell, Force Data Officer (FDO) at the U.S. Navy Reserve, explained how the Reserve is using the Jupiter platform to advance its analytical capabilities and processes during a Federal News Network webinar on Nov. 10. […]

The U.S Navy’s top cyber advisor has released the service branch’s new Cyberspace Superiority Vision (CSV) to guide and improve the Navy’s cyber posture. […]

Chris Cleary, the U.S. Navy’s principal cyber advisor, said that data is the fuel driving the implementation of zero trust security architectures, and said agencies moving in that direction need to meet the challenge of identifying data and protecting it. […]

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $163 million contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to help support and modernize its shore networks, network components, and network service solutions. […]

U.S. Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven said at the MerITocracy American Innovation Forum on July 21 that the Navy must continue to leverage innovation in order to stay one step ahead of adversaries around the globe.  […]

The U.S. Marine Corps has published its latest doctrine on information which focuses on how the Marines utilize information in warfighting scenarios, and emphasizes the importance of information being “as powerful a tool as any weapon system in our military arsenal.” […]

The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command/Tenth Fleet will be getting a new deputy commander with a Defense Department (DoD) announcement detailing Rear Adm. Michael Bernacchi Jr. to the post. […]

The U.S. Navy is aiming to build a more agile and innovative force that can leverage information anytime and anywhere by modernizing and better defending their IT systems, several senior Navy IT officials and officers said at a March 8 virtual event organized by GovExec. […]

The United States Navy is soliciting bids from the private sector for the next iteration of a potential $4.1 billion contract vehicle for products and services that support networks onboard surface ships. […]